Combined rail tie and chair



(No Model.)

E. M. HOWARD 8: T. J. EAGAN. COMBINED RAIL TIE AND CHAIR Patented June6; 1898.

A TTORNE Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD M. HOWARD AND THOMAS JAMES EAGAN, OF SCRANTON', PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED RAIL TIE AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,883, dated June 6,1893. Application filed May 21, 1892. Serial No. 433,791; (No model.)

TowZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD M. HOWARD and THOMAS JAMES EAGAN, ofScranton, in the county of Lackawanna, in the State of Pennsylvania,haveinvented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Rail Tie and Chair,of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to the construction of railroad rail ties andrailroad chairs combined.

Our object is to produce a tie provided with rail chairs upon its upperface, so arranged that they will grip and hold the rail effectuallywithout the use of nails or screws, and adapted to release the railreadily when desired.

Our invention consists, in the several novel features of constructionand operation hereinafter described and which are specifically set forthin the claim hereto annexed. It is constructed as follows, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1, is a sideview of our rail tie complete, showing the rail chairs and the railstherein, in cross section; Fig. 2, is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3,is an isometrical elevation of the tie and rail chairs, complete,showing the main and supplemental ties separated. Fig. at, is a crosssection on line 0000, in Fig. 1. Fig. 5, is a cross section on line y y,in Fig. 1, and alsoon y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 6, is a cross section on line 2z, Fig. 1. Fig. 7, is a view of a clamp which holds the sections of theties together.

A-, is a tie composed of the main portion 1-, preferably having itssides and bottom concaved to better embed itself into the material inwhich it is placed, and having on its upper face the lugs or arms -2 andadapted on their right lower faces, to receive the base of the rail, asshown. The upper inner face of the section 1- is provided with a channel3- extending its entire length and up to the lower face of the lugs-2--, and is provided centrally with corrugations, cogs or ratchets -4-,for the purposes hereinafter specified.

5-, is a supplemental tie constructed sub stantially as shown, in Fig.3, and having upon its upper ends the lugs -6-- adapted to engage withand receive the base of the rail, upon their left lower edges, and alsohaving its inner face corrugated or with cogs or ratchets -7-, as shown.

Our invention is operated as follows: The sections 1- are first embeddedin the roadbed in the usual way, when the rails -B are placed thereon,having their bases engage with the lugs -2- upon the ends of thesections -l-, as shown. The supplemental tie -5 is then placed so as toengage with the channel -3 in the sections --1- and adapted to slidetherein. The supplemental tie is then forced to the left until the lugs-6 engage with the opposite side of the rail when the lugs 6 and -7 meshwith each other. The bases 1 and -5 are then secured together by theclamp 8-, which prevents the corrugations -6 and -'-7 from becomingdisengaged and thereby prevents them from longitudinally moving. It willthus be seen, that as soon as thesupplemental tie has been forced upagainst the base of the rail as far as it will go, the rail will besecurely held in the chair formed by the lugs -2- and 6, until the clamphas been removed for the purpose of allowing the supplemental tie to bewithdrawn. It will also be observed that the lugs -2- and --6- projectlaterally so as to allow each to rest upon the other section of the tiewhen in use.

We do not limit ourselves to the particular construction of tie shown,as it will be evident that it may be varied, without departing from thespirit of our invention. Neither do we limit ourselves to the particularmeans for holding the ties together, as it will also be evident thatthese may be bolted or otherwise secured together.

What We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

A rail tie and chair, comprising a tie having lugsupon its upper endsand adapted to receive one side of the base of the rail, and having agroove and corrugations upon the upper innerrface, and a supplementaltie having lugs upon its upper ends adapted to reoeive the opposite sideof the rail, said lugs projecting laterally so as each to rest upon Inwitness whereof We have hereunto set our the upper face of the oppositetie, and corhands this 10th day of May, 1892.

rugations in its inner face, and adapted to EDWARD M. HOWARD. rest inthe aforesaid groove and engage with T. JAMES EAGAN. 5 the corrugationsin the tie and the clamp for Witnesses:

securing the two parts of the tie together, as ARJA WILLIAMS, set forth.7 JAMES EDWARDS.

